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Neural Correlates of Pure Experience, Anesthesia, and Meditation States

Christian S. Guay, Benjamin D. Schanker

AJOB Neuroscience April 3, 2018 DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2018.1460418 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Meditation
Citations 2
Key points The text reports that Specker Sullivan (2018) proposes that intransitive conscious experience, or "pure experience," confers a patient's moral status, and that the present work builds on this proposal. The excerpt does not state the further argument or its conclusions.

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In “Pure Experience and Disorders of Consciousness,” Specker Sullivan (2018) proposes that intransitive conscious experience, or pure experience, confers a patient’s moral status. Based on the work...

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